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Malta imports of Paints and varnishes (HS 3209)

Where Malta buys paints and varnishes: value, growth, unit value and the top suppliers, from official CEPII BACI and Eurostat statistics. World market for HS 3209 · Malta trade profile

Malta imports, 2024USD 6.9 millionSum over 35 supplying economies. Source: CEPII BACI.
Malta imports, 2023USD 5.8 millionSame partners, previous year. Source: CEPII BACI.
Growth+18.8%2024 against 2023, USD. Source: CEPII BACI.
Unit valueUSD 2,317 per tonneValue divided by quantity, flows with a reported quantity only (100.0% of the value). Source: CEPII BACI.
Malta imports with all partners, 2026-07EUR 1.3 millionLatest month in the database. Source: Eurostat Comext DS-045409, record DS-045409:MT:WORLD:3209:1:2026-07.
Trade companies in the directory242Active companies in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in this economy, counts only. Source: AYBARION company directory, see the Data Passport.

Top suppliers

#SupplierValue 2024ShareGrowthRecord
1ItalyUSD 2.1 million30.7%+11.1%BACI:MT:IT:3209:1:2024
2United KingdomUSD 1.0 million15.0%−10.6%BACI:MT:GB:3209:1:2024
3PortugalUSD 940,47913.5%+18,348.0%BACI:MT:PT:3209:1:2024
4GreeceUSD 902,50513.0%+2.5%BACI:MT:GR:3209:1:2024
5United StatesUSD 537,9117.7%+47.8%BACI:MT:US:3209:1:2024
6FranceUSD 272,2803.9%−19.5%BACI:MT:FR:3209:1:2024
7AlbaniaUSD 229,9853.3%+92.3%BACI:MT:AL:3209:1:2024
8GermanyUSD 195,4462.8%+95.8%BACI:MT:DE:3209:1:2024
9TürkiyeUSD 153,9252.2%−54.7%BACI:MT:TR:3209:1:2024
10BelgiumUSD 124,2791.8%+65.6%BACI:MT:BE:3209:1:2024

Source: CEPII BACI HS22 V202601, year 2024 (growth against 2023), USD. Shares of the Malta total over the partners BACI lists. Record IDs per row.

Trade companies: active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE section G) in Malta, counted in the AYBARION company directory. The matching wholesale activity for this product is Wholesale of chemical products (NACE 4675) and Wholesale of wood, construction materials and sanitary equipment (NACE 4673). Counts only.

Import requirements in Malta

  • European Union: 8 import measures recorded for HS 3209 (controls, licences, certificates, quotas and duties at commodity code level). Source: EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).
  • European Union: third country (MFN) duty 6.5% ad valorem across 2 tariff lines. Preferential rates under trade agreements can be lower. Source: EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view).

As an EU member, Malta applies the EU common customs tariff.

Counts of official tariff measures, not advice. Members see every measure, document code and duty for their own origin and destination.

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Data Passport

  • CEPII BACI HS22 V202601: trade values by exporter, importer and product, years 2024 and 2023, USD at FOB prices, quantities in metric tons. Publisher: CEPII. Licence: Etalab Open Licence 2.0 (Licence Ouverte), attribution "CEPII BACI". Record IDs: BACI:reporter:product:flow:year. Source
  • Eurostat Comext DS-045409: Malta monthly imports, EUR and net mass, last month 2026-07. Licence: Eurostat reuse policy, free reuse with attribution "Source: Eurostat" (© European Union). Record ID: DS-045409:MT:WORLD:3209:1:2026-07. Source
  • EU TARIC measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-22. Source
  • EU TARIC duty measures (UK Trade Tariff, Northern Ireland view) (EU measures): HMRC / Department for Business and Trade (EU TARIC data). Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0. Snapshot 2026-10-23. Source
  • AYBARION company directory: counts of active companies registered in wholesale and retail trade (NACE Rev.2 section G), from official registers and open datasets, built 2026-10-22. Counts only: no names, addresses or contacts are shown here. Sources under share-alike licences (CC BY-SA) or with an unverified licence are not counted, and no company data is offered for countries under comprehensive sanctions.
  • Method: Values are CEPII BACI reconciled flows of Malta with each partner, aggregated from HS6 to HS4; the total is the sum over partners; shares divide each partner by that total; growth compares 2024 with 2023; unit value is value divided by quantity over flows that report a quantity. Peru and the Philippines are left out of lists and totals by policy.

Trade database built 2026-10-24. Values are official statistics as published; nothing on this page is estimated or invented. More in our methodology.

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Members see the importers, distributors and wholesalers of paints and varnishes in Malta, with their evidence and Data Passport.

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